40 year old male with cough associated with sputum and dyspnea.

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Icu bed 2

40 year old male resident of guntepalli   came to OPD

Chief complaints:

Cough associated with blood since 10 days 

Breathlessness since 10 days.

History of presenting Illness:

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 10 days ago.Then he developed cough which is associated with blood ,non foul smelling, approximately 10 times a day(approximately 5-10 ml in a day)not associated with clots.

H/o breathlessness since 10 days ( grade 4 acc to NYHA Classification .

H/o swelling in the limbs and face since 1 month .

H/o palpitations .

No H/o chest pain ,Chest tightness.

Daily routine:

Patient wakes up around 6-7 am ,does his daily activities.He will drink tea ,have breakfast by 8 am.Then he leaves for his work which is to collect old metal things and seggregate the scrap .He will return to home by 1 pm. Hw will have lunch then separate the scrap he collected in the morning.later in the evening he takes rest.He will have dinner by 9 pm and sleep by 10 pm.

Past History:

4 year ago (2018)

He noticed a swelling in the neck region which is of lemon size, not associated with pain went to near by hospitals but not relieved.So ,he was referred to a higher centre,where he was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma of thyroid after undergoing certain investigations, he had  total thyroidectomy.

On Thyronorm 100 micrograms since 4 years.



Not a k/c/o Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension,Asthma, Epilepsy, Tuberculosis.

No H/o similar complaints in the past.

Personal History:

Normal appetite

Mixed Diet 

Regular Bowel and bladder movements

Adequate sleep 

He is a teetotaler quit smoking and drinking alcohol 10 years ago .

No allergies.

Family history:

No significant family history.

Treatment history:

Thyroxine 100 mcg 


On presentation his vitals :

Temperature:97.8°F 

Pulse rate : 98 bpm 

Respiration: 20cpm

BP : 110/70 mm Hg .


General Examination:


Patient was conscious, coherent and cooperative.He was well oriented to time place and person.

Pallor present






No signs of icterus,cyanosis, clubbing, lymphadenopathy.

Generalised edema present at the time of presentation.




Respiratory system:

 

Inspection : 

Shape of chest - elliptical 

B/L symmetrical chest

Trachea central 

Symmetrical expansion of chest 

No drooping of shoulder 

No crowding of ribs 


Palpation: 

 No local rise of temperature 

No tenderness 

All inspectory findings are normal 

Traches central 

Chest movements equal on both sides

Apex beat - 5th inter costal space medial to mid clavicular line 


Percussion :

 Resonant 


Auscultation : 

Bilateral airway clear 

Vesicular breath sounds heard 






Cardio vascular examination:

No visible pulsations, scars, engorged veins. No rise in jvp 

Apex beat is felt at 5 Intercoastal space medial to mid clavicular line.

 S1 S2 heard . No murmurs


CNS examination: No neurological deficit found.

Gait: normal.

Normal speech.


Per Abdomen :


Per abdomen:

Shape of abdomen: scaphoid

No tenderness

No organomegaly.

Bowel sounds not heard .


Investigations 

On 19/12/22 


ECG 
Color Doppler


ECG 
 


On 20 /12/22 

HRCT 





On 21/12/22






Provisional Diagnosis :

Heart failure due to reduced ejection fraction 2° to pneumonia or pulmonary edema .

Hemoptysis under evaluation 

Total thyroidectomy for papillary carcinoma of thyroid.

Prerenal AKI with cardiogenic shock 


Follow up on 22/12/22

Patient was apparently normal in the morning until 7:30 am . He started having spasms for which he was given Tab.SHELCAL-CT.Later,after 8am his vitals started dropping , went into respiratory distress .

As his vitals were dropping (couldn't find pulse,SpO2 -50%), CPR was performed on him(around 8:45am).He was shifted to ICU from AMC and kept on mechanical ventilator support. 

After performing CPR ,
ABG analysis

ECG 







CK-MB 
Troponin -I


23/12/22

















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